Biden’s vaccine rules to set off barrage of legal challenges
President Joe Biden’s sweeping new vaccine requirements have Republican governors threatening lawsuits. His unapologetic response: “Have at it.”
‘I’ll do it my way’: Las Vegas landlord lowers rents to keep tenants
For tenant Bill Donly, a disabled Vietnam War veteran, his landlord's generosity has resulted in an unexpected decline in rent over the years. When he moved in, Donly was paying $1,200 a month for the 1,600-square-foot property. The next year, the rent went down to ...
LaQuan Smith throws a fashion party at Empire State Building
Where the party girls at? On Thursday night, some were on top of the Empire State Building walking LaQuan Smith's New York Fashion Week runway in slinky blue and white sequin minis, barely there one pieces and shiny body hugging pants.
Post-Ida recovery in New Orleans: Beer and beignets are back
Supply trucks are once again delivering beer on Bourbon Street and the landmark Cafe Du Monde is serving beignets, fried pastries covered with white sugar, even though there aren’t many tourists or locals around to partake of either.
Time, misinfo complicate teaching 9/11 to kids born after it
Nagla Bedir didn't discuss Sept. 11 with her New Jersey high school students last year. Mid-pandemic, with remote learning, it wasn't a conversation she wanted to have via computer screen.
From 9/11’s ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.
In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
Federal mandate takes vaccine decision off employers’ hands
Larger U.S. businesses now won't have to decide whether to require their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Doing so is now federal policy.
Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil leaders charged with subversion
Three leaders of the group that organized an annual Tiananmen candlelight vigil were being held in custody Friday after they were charged with subversion under Hong Kong's national security law, as authorities intensify a crackdown on dissent in the city.
As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden’s vow
Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.
Petersen and Fox brush off rust for ‘CSI: Vegas’ reunion
William Petersen and Jorja Fox are reunited and, yes, it feels so good.